Mike and I have been absolutely loving our time off. It is so nice to just relax and not worry about school for a while. On Sunday Mike and I went to Banff for a night to celebrate our first anniversary. We had a beautiful loft suite and had a lobster and crab dinner at the Keg. The hotel room even had a fireplace in it. We didn't do much shopping, but enjoyed just being there and walking around. On Tuesday Mike and I went to the Muse concert at the saddledome. For those of you who don't know them - they sing the song from our wedding dvd called 'Starlight'. The concert was amazing - great light show and really good performers. Mike of course bought a t-shirt to add to his collection. I couldn't bring myself to spend $40 on a t-shirt.
On Thursday we went out with one of Mike's friends from work - she just moved into the neighbourhood beside ours. On Friday Mike went to the Hitmen game with Mark and his dad, while Jill and I had a night out dancing. Saturday we made our Easter dinner at our place and had Mark, Jill and Mark's dad over. We made too much food as usual - turkey, glazed ham, potatoes, gravy, cabbage rolls, stuffing, carrots and perogies!! and Jill made a delicious pie for dessert. Wish family could have been here with us. We have 3 days of holidays left and I am going to try to enjoy them as much I can because as soon as Wednesday is here it will be back to the same chaos...but only 3 more months till summer!! YAY!!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
And We're Back!!
Okay...I know I said I was going to keep this up, but there hasn't been much happening besides work. Everything has been so hectic and I am finally feeling like I can relax for a bit. One more week of school until our break...a much needed break. Mike and I are looking forward to the Muse concert at the end of March and then hopefully do some things around the house.
Can't believe it has been a year since our trip already...we wish we were heading back. Hopefully we will get away sometime soon. We are looking forward to the summer already...only 3 months left of school :) I have been applying to other schools in hopes of getting something closer to home.
Anyways, I will update if anything exciting happens...but don't want to bore people with our day to day routines.
Mike and Mel
Can't believe it has been a year since our trip already...we wish we were heading back. Hopefully we will get away sometime soon. We are looking forward to the summer already...only 3 months left of school :) I have been applying to other schools in hopes of getting something closer to home.
Anyways, I will update if anything exciting happens...but don't want to bore people with our day to day routines.
Mike and Mel
Monday, December 21, 2009
Christmas Time
Hello,
It has been a while since my last post. Mike has given up on it, but I am determined to keep it going. I'm not even sure if people read it anymore. Anyways, we are now on holidays until January 5th!!! The last few weeks of school were crazy. At my school we had a winter celebration on the last evening before break. Students came with their parents and either brought donations for the food bank or for the shelter (gloves, boots, socks, toothpaste, etc.) The students and their families came to the classrooms to create cards to go to the shelters as well. They enjoyed hot chocolate (the school provided it and we served it)as they made the cards. They also made wish ribbons and created a chain with the ribbons and hung them on the Christmas trees around the school. The families then watched The Grinch in the gym on the huge screen. They laid their blankets out on the ground and wore their pajamas as well. It was such a great night. I was part of the committee that put the night together. One of the other members delivered the donations and cards to the shelters and sent the following text:
Hi everyone:
I just got back from dropping off the Inn from the Cold donations and wanted you to know that each organization was thrilled, and very appreciative of our school's donations. They were particularly touched by the student made cards.
While we were walking in to drop them off, a homeless man asked about the cards that Rob was holding in his hand. He then asked if he could have 3 cards to send to the people he loved. We gave him 3 cards and although we didn't have any envelopes to give him, he walked away smiling & admiring the cards.
We then went to drop some off at the Mustard Seed (around the corner) and they were equally touched by the thoughtfulness of our families.
Our third stop was to the Calgary Drop In Centre, and when we made our way up to the second floor, Rob and I were both surprised to see so many people (more than 200 people) having a little break from the cold, inside a warm building. Phil the man that we dropped the cards off with was speechless, and so appreciative of our small gift of cards. We left feeling a little sad that we didn't have enough cards to leave for each person there.
Our final destination was to the Food Bank. The guy at the receiving dock was happy to include our student's cards in their Christmas food hampers, and thanked us for thinking of them.
Over all it was an emotional day, and I just wanted you all to know what a great impact your work had on the less fortunate people in Calgary.
Have a great holiday, and thank you for all of your effort to make the Winter Celebration such a success!
Mike and I are very excited to come home for a week to visit with everyone. We have a lot going on over the next few days and hopefully can get everything organized before leaving on Friday. We went to the Zoolites at the Calgary Zoo last night. It was beautiful. We walked around for about an hour to see the displays. There was a great Christmas feeling - people singing carols, others gathered around outdoor fire pits, kids sliding down the hills.
It has been a while since my last post. Mike has given up on it, but I am determined to keep it going. I'm not even sure if people read it anymore. Anyways, we are now on holidays until January 5th!!! The last few weeks of school were crazy. At my school we had a winter celebration on the last evening before break. Students came with their parents and either brought donations for the food bank or for the shelter (gloves, boots, socks, toothpaste, etc.) The students and their families came to the classrooms to create cards to go to the shelters as well. They enjoyed hot chocolate (the school provided it and we served it)as they made the cards. They also made wish ribbons and created a chain with the ribbons and hung them on the Christmas trees around the school. The families then watched The Grinch in the gym on the huge screen. They laid their blankets out on the ground and wore their pajamas as well. It was such a great night. I was part of the committee that put the night together. One of the other members delivered the donations and cards to the shelters and sent the following text:
Hi everyone:
I just got back from dropping off the Inn from the Cold donations and wanted you to know that each organization was thrilled, and very appreciative of our school's donations. They were particularly touched by the student made cards.
While we were walking in to drop them off, a homeless man asked about the cards that Rob was holding in his hand. He then asked if he could have 3 cards to send to the people he loved. We gave him 3 cards and although we didn't have any envelopes to give him, he walked away smiling & admiring the cards.
We then went to drop some off at the Mustard Seed (around the corner) and they were equally touched by the thoughtfulness of our families.
Our third stop was to the Calgary Drop In Centre, and when we made our way up to the second floor, Rob and I were both surprised to see so many people (more than 200 people) having a little break from the cold, inside a warm building. Phil the man that we dropped the cards off with was speechless, and so appreciative of our small gift of cards. We left feeling a little sad that we didn't have enough cards to leave for each person there.
Our final destination was to the Food Bank. The guy at the receiving dock was happy to include our student's cards in their Christmas food hampers, and thanked us for thinking of them.
Over all it was an emotional day, and I just wanted you all to know what a great impact your work had on the less fortunate people in Calgary.
Have a great holiday, and thank you for all of your effort to make the Winter Celebration such a success!
Mike and I are very excited to come home for a week to visit with everyone. We have a lot going on over the next few days and hopefully can get everything organized before leaving on Friday. We went to the Zoolites at the Calgary Zoo last night. It was beautiful. We walked around for about an hour to see the displays. There was a great Christmas feeling - people singing carols, others gathered around outdoor fire pits, kids sliding down the hills.
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